[Sca-cooks] Berry answer found...

Maria Buchanan scarlettmb at sbcglobal.net
Thu May 1 20:27:33 PDT 2008


LOL Looks like a wild raspberry to me.  But what do I
know?
Maria
--- rattkitten <rattkitten at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> See I was searching when the last email suggest to
> look on the 
> internet... who knew I was one page away from
> getting the answer.
> 
> OK here is the critter in question.
> Mock strawberry, Indian strawberry [from the country
> of India] (Slide 7 
>
<http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/images/7--mock_strawberry_red.jpg>,
> 
> //Duchesnea indica// (Andr.) Focke; see also several
> synonyms 
>
<http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/synonyms.asp?plantID=155>)
> This Asian 
> weed has a southeastern range that extends down into
> north Florida, 
> where the real strawberry (/Fragaria/ spp.) is rare
> or absent. Though 
> edible, the mock strawberry is bland and will be a
> certain 
> disappointment to one who expects the semi-sweet
> tart flavor of a 
> strawberry. (This narrative relied on Bell C.R &
> B.J. Tarylor (1982) 
> /Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants/. Laurel
> Hill Press, Chapel 
> Hill and several www sites.
> 
> 
> And here is the website so that you can see why I
> was confused about the 
> strawberry thing...
> 
> *www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm 
>
<http://www.southernmatters.com/native_edibles/index.htm>
> 
> *Thank you this has been your botany lesson for the
> day.
> Nichola
> 
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